After the Supreme Court said any state could charge internet taxes, the decision rippled across small, large, local, and remote businesses.
Why Taylor Swift Likes Slow Ticketing
Wondering why concert ticket prices have gone up during the past decade, we can look at Taylor Swift’s 2018 Reputation tour.
Our Weekly Economic News Roundup: From Market Bubbles to Product Flops
Weekly Roundup Sunday 12.22.19 The return of the Eddie Murphy Rule… Monday 12.23.19 Why Santa should complain… Tuesday 12.24.19 Where speeders don’t pay their tickets… Wednesday 12.25.19 The gift giving debate… Thursday 12.26.19 #TBT: Why we worry about bubbles… …
December e-links: One Doggy, Two Economists, Tom Hanks, and the Decade’s Anomalies
My final December e-link is a WSJ column that, looking back at the decade’s economic anomalies, tries to understand why they happened.
The People Who Loved Watermelon Flavored Oreos
Because more demand for new products could be a warning sign, retailers need to take a close look at who wants what they’ve just launched.
Throwback Thursday: From Dutch Tulips to New York Cupcakes
TBT: Looking at financial bubbles, we could see that stock markets, cupcakes, tulip bulbs, and real estate have a lot in common.
An Economist’s Gift Giving Dilemma
After an economist long ago told us that gift giving adds less to economic activity than the price of the present, a pro-gift giving group disagreed.
The Upside of Speeding Tickets
A city is getting a good return on its investment when speed cameras improve road safety and other services make residents’ life better.
What Santa Complains About
Whether looking at what Santa could be earning or a typical U.S. worker, wage growth is not as high as they would like it to be.